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1. What Comes Next?
Take turns placing the letter cards in the trunk in alphabetical order.

2. Memory Time
Take turns repeating the sequence of cards already in the trunk, then adding one of your own and challenging other players to remember them all, in order.

3. Grandma’s Riddles
Deal the cards, then read a riddle and race to see who has the letter card that answers it!

4. Letter Sequence Memory
Deal the cards and take turns putting them in the trunk in alphabetical order, repeating the items already in the trunk and challenging other players to remember them all, in alphabetical order.

5. Grandma’s Adventures
Place the letter cards in the trunk and take turns pulling them out to create a cooperative story: “Once upon a time there was a grandma. She saw an iguana.”

I had the privilege of reviewing this game on The Organized Classroom Blog on 2-26-12. The great guide that comes with the set includes 3 games - 2 of them with variations, for a total of 5 different ways you can play. I love how the games are set up so that there are ways to play with one child (tutoring), a small group (reading groups or centers), or whole class. I bet it would even be a hit during indoor recess for the cold-weather schools out there!

All the game suggestions are fantastic for building letter identification, phonemic awareness, alphabetical order, vocabulary development, auditory memory, listening comprehension, and expressive language skills. I could easily see how you could play a quick game of "I Have, Who Has" with the cards already provided!

Grandma's Trunk Alphabet Game is a very simple game that allows parents and kids to be creative and have fun. The trunk comes with 26 letter cards with a letter and image on them. There is also a set of Grandma's Riddles cards that ask simple "Who" type questions for kids to answer. There are five suggested games you can play all of which are geared towards helping kids with their letters. You can play with one child or a whole classroom! Have kids name the objects, sound out the letters, and put them in order of the alphabet. The cards are durable cardboard and wonderfully illustrated and kid-friendly. Its funny how something so simple can be so cute and fun.

About Me 18 mnth old granddaughter, 3 grown children, 7 year old twins, Collector, Education Oriented, Family Nurse Practitioner, Grandparent, Parent Of Multiples (Twins etc), Parent Of Two Or More Children, Working Parent

Pros

Colorful

Delightful

Durable

Easy to Hold

Educational

Engaging

Eye Catching

Interactive

Lots of Fun

Cons

Haven't found 1 yet

Best Uses

Indoor

Young Children

Comments about Grandma's Trunk™ Alphabet Game:

I baby sit my 18 month old granddaughter on Thursday evenings. We play before her 7 year old aunt and uncle (my twins) come home from school. They also love to play games with her. This is the perfect game for them to interact with her. They read the riddles to her and show her the picture cards with the corresponding alphabet. For some reason she just loves the "Ss" Sunglasses. :)

Was this a gift?:

No

Bottom LineYes, I would recommend this to a friend

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My granddaughter Elena enjoying the game

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Merchant response: S..s..s..so glad to hear it! Thank you for letting us know!